# 夜

| 夜 | U+591C, &#22812; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-591C |
| ← 夛 [U+591B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 夝 → [U+591D] |

## Translingual
### Han character

夜 (Kangxi radical 36, 夕+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 卜人弓大 (YONK), four-corner 0024$_7$, composition ⿱亠⿰亻⿴夂丶)

#### Derived characters

* 㖡, 液, 鵺, 腋, 掖, 𨿤

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 246, character 18
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5763
* Dae Jaweon: page 490, character 7
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 285, character 1
* Unihan data for U+591C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 夜 :
| Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 夜 | *laːɡs |
| 鵺 | *laːɡs |
| 迹 | *ʔsleːɡ |
| 跡 | *ʔsleːɡ |
| 亦 | *laːɡ |
| 弈 | *laːɡ |
| 奕 | *laːɡ |
| 帟 | *laːɡ |
| 腋 | *laːɡ |
| 掖 | *laːɡ |
| 焲 | *laːɡ |
| 液 | *laːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *laːɡs) : phonetic 亦 (OC *laːɡ) + semantic 夕 (“moon”). 夕 (OC *ljaːɡ) may also serve as another phonetic component.
The lower-right portion is a corruption/graphical variant of 夕 (xī); the remainder (亠 + 亻) is a reduced and distorted form of 亦 (yì), used phonetically.

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ja-n (“night”) (STEDT); cognate with Mizo zân (“night”), Burmese ည (nya., “night”).
Schuessler (2007) believes 夜 (OC *laːɡs) and 夕 (OC *ljaːɡ) are distinct as Tibeto-Burman keeps the etyma *ja-n (“night”) and *s-r(j)ak (“day; day (24 hours); night”) strictly separate. However, Baxter and Sagart (2014) suggest that 夜 (yè) and 夕 (xī) have clear etymological connections and thus reconstructs similar finals in both words.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yè (ye$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄧㄝˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ye$^4$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): yē
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): е (i͡ə, III)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): je$^6$ / je$^{6-2}$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): joe$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): yie$^5$ / yie$^{5-4}$
    (Yangjiang, Jyutping++): je$^6$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ia$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ya
    (Hailu, HRS): rha$^˖$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): ya$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): ie$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): iā
* Eastern Min (BUC): iâ
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ia$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): iā
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ia$^7$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): yie$^7$
* Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): je$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$ya
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ia$^5$ / ie$^5$ / ie$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yè
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yè
*** Wade–Giles: yeh$^4$
*** Yale: yè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeh
*** Palladius: е (je)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛ⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ye$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ie
*** Sinological IPA : /iɛ²¹³/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: yē
*** Sinological IPA : /iɛ⁵⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: е (i͡ə, III)
*** Sinological IPA : /iə⁴⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: je$^6$ / je$^{6-2}$
*** Yale: yeh / yé
*** Cantonese Pinyin: je$^6$ / je$^{6-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yé$^6$ / yé$^{6-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛː²²/, /jɛː²²⁻³⁵/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: joe$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /zø³²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: yie$^5$ / yie$^{5-4}$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiɛ³²/, /jiɛ³²⁻²¹/
** (Yangjiang Yue, Jiangcheng)
*** Jyutping++: je$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛ⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ia$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ia¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ya
*** Hakka Romanization System: ia
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ya$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯a⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ya
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)ia
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ya$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯a⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: rha$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʒa³³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: ya$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ia⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: ie$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /ie⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: iā
*** Sinological IPA : /ia⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: iâ
*** Sinological IPA : /iɑ²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ia$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ia²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iā
*** Tâi-lô: iā
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ia
*** IPA (Xiamen): /ia²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ia⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /ia²²/
*** IPA (Taipei): /ia³³/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ia³³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ia$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iā
*** Sinological IPA : /ia¹¹/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: yie$^7$
*** Sinological IPA: /ziɛ⁵⁵/
* Southern Pinghua
** (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
*** Jyutping++: je$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /je²²/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$ya
*** MiniDict: ya$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhia
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦia²³/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: ia$^5$ / ie$^5$ / ie$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /i̯a̠²¹/, /i̯e̞²¹/, /i̯e̞⁴⁵/
* ia5/ie5 - vernacular;
* ie4 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: yaeH
Rime :
| Character | 夜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 以 (36) |
| Final (韻) | 麻 (100) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 羊謝切 |
| Baxter | yaeH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /jia$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /jia$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ia$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /jia$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ia$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /jĭa$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯a$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yè |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | je$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]Ak-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*laːɡs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 夜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yè |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ yæ$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ]Ak-s/ |
| English | night |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 夜 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 14992 |
| Phonetic component | 亦 |
| Rime group | 暮 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 夜 |
| Old Chinese | /*laːɡs/ |

#### Definitions

夜
* night
    See also: 晚
    晝短夜長／昼短夜长 ― zhòu duǎn yè cháng ― short days and long nights
    From: Meng Haoran, 《春曉》, translated by Xu Yuanchong
    Yè lái fēngyǔ shēng, huā luò zhī duōshǎo? [Pinyin]
    After one night of wind and showers, how many are the fallen flowers!
* (Cantonese) late (in the night)
       ngo$^5$ ni$^1$ paai$^4$ maan$^5$ maan$^5$ dou$^1$ hou$^2$ je$^6$ sin$^1$ faan$^1$ uk$^1$ kei$^2$. [Jyutping]
       Recently, I've been going home quite late in the night.
       ngo$^5$ je$^6$ di$^1$ sin$^1$ zau$^2$ dou$^1$ dak$^1$. [Jyutping]
       I can leave later in the evening.
* Classifier for the number of nights.
    三天兩夜／三天两夜 ― sān tiān liǎng yè ― three days and two nights
* (Cantonese) night shift; night work

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 夜, 夕, 暮, 暮夜, 宵, 暝 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 晚上, 夜間, 晚間, 夜晚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 晚上, 黑間, 黑家, 黑下, 晚半晌兒, 後晌 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 晚上 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 黑嘍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 晚上, 下黑兒, 下晚兒黑, 黑家, 黑下, 夜裡 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 晚上 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) | 下晚兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 晚上, 晚半晌兒, 晚晌兒, 後晌兒, 黑後晌兒, 黑晌兒, 黑下 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 晚上, 黑家 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 晚上, 黑下 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 晚上, 黑家 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 黑家 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Weicheng) | 後晌 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Weifang (Fangzi) | 後上 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Changle | 後上 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shouguang | 後上 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Rizhao | 後晌 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Wulian | 後晌 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 後晌, 晚上, 夜裡, 黑夜 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 光晌黑兒, 黑子兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Weifang (Hanting) | 後上 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Changyi | 下晚兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Gaomi | 下晚兒, 後晌 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 後晌 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Anqiu | 後晌 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Linqu | 後上 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingzhou | 後上 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 黑地 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 黑瞎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 黑間, 黑家 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Kaifeng | 黑嘍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 黑咧 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 晚夕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 黑來, 晚黑, 夜來 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 晚夕, 晚上 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 晚夕 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 黑裡, 晚上, 晚夕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 黑了, 晚上 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 晚上, 晚黑 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 晚上, 黑了, 夜晚, 夜晚心, 夜心 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 晚些家, 晚些, 晚上家, 晚上, 下晚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 晚辰, 晚起, 晚辰家 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 晚上 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 晚夜, 夜晚, 晚上, 夜裡, 夜晚頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianlin (Langping) | 夜晚 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 夜, 黑了 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 晚上, 夜裡頭, 夜裡 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 晚上 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 夜頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 晚上 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Chuzhou | 夜裡 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 夜晚黑, 夜晚, 晚黑, 晚頭, 晚頭夜, 晚頭黑 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 夜晚黑, 夜晚, 晚黑, 晚頭 rare, 晚頭夜 rare, 晚頭黑 rare |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 入夜, 晚頭黑 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 夜晚黑, 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 夜晚頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 夜晚, 夜晚頭 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 晚頭黑, 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 夜晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 晚頭黑 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 夜晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 夜晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 夜晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 夜晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 夜晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 夜晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 夜晚, 夜晚黑, 晚黑, 黑晚, 夜黑, 晚頭, 晚頭黑 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 晚上 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 夜晚, 夜晚黑, 晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 黑晚夜 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 晚黑, 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 晚頭黑, 晚頭, 晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 晚頭 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 夜晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 夜頭 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 夜頭 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 夜頭 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 夜晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 夜晚, 晚頭 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 夜晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 夜晚夜 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 夜晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 夜, 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 夜晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 晚黑, 夜晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 晚黑, 晚間黑 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Wuchuan (Wuyang) | 晚間 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 晚黑 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 夜墨 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 斷暗, 夜晚頭 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jintian) | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Jiangkou) | 夜晚, 晚黑, 夜裡 |
| Cantonese | Guiping (Madong) | 夜頭 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 夜裡頭 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 夜裡頭 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 晚頭 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 晚頭, 晚頭黑 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 黑, 晚黑頭, 晚間頭 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 晚頭黑 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 晚黑, 晚間頭 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 晚上 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 到夜 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 夜頭 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 晚黑, 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 烏昏 |
| Cantonese | Sanya (Yanglan; Maihua) | 夜裡 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 晚頭, 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 晚黑, 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 晚黑, 夜晚 |
| Cantonese | Yangon (Taishan) | 晚頭 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 夜 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 夜晚, 夜裡 |
| Gan | Pengze | 夜裡 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 夜上 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 夜晡仔, 夜晡 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 暗晡頭, 暗晡夜, 夜晡, 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 暗晡, 夜晡頭 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 黑晚 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 晚晨夜, 夜晡頭 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 暗晡夜, 晚晨夜 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 夜晡晨, 晚晨夜 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 夜晡晨 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 夜晚 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 暗晡, 暗晡夜, 夜晡晨, 夜晡頭 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 暗矕 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 夜晡頭 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 夜晡夜, 夜子頭 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 夜晡頭 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 夜晡頭 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 夜晡夜 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 暗晡頭 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 夜晡時, 暗夜仔 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 暗晡時頭 |
| Hakka | Changting | 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 夜晡, 夜晡頭 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 夜晡, 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 暗邊, 夜晡 |
| Hakka | Liancheng (Peitian) | 夜晡夜 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 夜頭, 夜邊 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 夜晡, 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 夜晡晨 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 夜晡 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 夜辰 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 夜芒 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 夜晡 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 夜晡 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 暗晡頭, 暗晡時頭, 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 暗晡頭, 暗晡時頭, 暗晡時節, 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 暗晡頭, 暗晡時頭, 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 暗晡頭, 暗晡時頭, 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 暗晡頭, 暗晡時頭, 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 夜時頭, 暗夜時頭, 暗夜, 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 暗晡頭, 晚晨頭, 夜晚晨 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 晚間 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 晚間 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 夜 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 夜晡夜 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 晚間頭 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 暗今頭 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 暗摸頭 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 暗晡夜 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 晏晡頭 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 暗夜 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 夜晡間 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 暗晡夜 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Shahe) | 夜晡頭 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Longtan) | 夜間頭 |
| Hakka | Bobai (Lingping) | 夜晡間 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 夜間頭 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Gonghe, Xilang) | 夜摸 |
| Hakka | Xingye (Gaofeng) | 夜間頭 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 到夜 |
| Hakka | Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui) | 夜晡 |
| Hakka | Pingle (Tong'an) | 夜晡頭 |
| Hakka | Yangshuo (Jinbao) | 夜晡, 夜晡頭, 暗晡 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Bao'an) | 暗晡晨, 暗晚夜 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 夜晡晨, 暗晡晨 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 夜晡頭 |
| Hakka | Pontianak (Meixian) | 暗晡時, 暗晡夜 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 夜晡時 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 夜下, 夜上 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 黑夜, 黑咾 |
| Jin | Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou) | 黑夜 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 黑夜, 黑勞 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 晚上, 黑夜 |
| Jin | Handan | 晚上, 黑來 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 暗暝, 暗暝頭 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 暝暗, 暝暗頭 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 暗暝 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 暗暝 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 暗暝 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 暗暝 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 暗暝 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 暗暝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 暝晡, 暝晡頭, 兩晡頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 兩晡頭, 暝晡 |
| Eastern Min | Lianjiang | 暝晡 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 暝晡, 脖頭 |
| Eastern Min | Pingtan | 暝晡頭 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 暝晡頭, 暝晡 |
| Eastern Min | Minqing | 暝晡 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 暝晡 |
| Eastern Min | Pingnan | 暝晡頭 |
| Eastern Min | Luoyuan | 暝晡 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 暝晡 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 暝晡 |
| Eastern Min | Xiapu | 暝晡頭 |
| Eastern Min | Zherong | 暝晡 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 暝間 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 暝晡 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 暝過頭 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 暝晡 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 暗暝, 暗時, 下昏, 暗頭, 暗頭仔, 暗頭時, 暝時, 下昏時 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 暝時, 下昏, 下昏時 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 暗暝, 暗時, 暗頭, 暗頭仔, 暝時 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 暝時, 暗暝 |
| Southern Min | Nan'an | 暗時 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 暗暝, 暝時 |
| Southern Min | Anxi | 暗暝 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 暗暝, 暗時 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 暝時 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 下昏, 暗暝, 暗時, 暗頭, 暗頭仔, 暝時, 暝昏, 暝昏暗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 下昏時 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 暝間 |
| Southern Min | Hua'an | 下昏時 |
| Southern Min | Nanjing | 暝間, 下昏 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 暝時, 暗時 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 下昏 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 暝昏 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 下昏, 下昏時, 暝昏時 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 暝昏時, 暝間 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 下昏, 下昏暗時, 暗時, 暗頭仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 下昏暗, 暗時 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 下昏, 下暗, 暗時, 暗時仔, 暗頭仔, 暝時 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 下昏, 下暗, 暗時, 暗時仔, 暗頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 下昏暗, 暗時, 暗頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 暗時, 暝時 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 暗時 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 下昏, 下昏暗, 暗時, 暗時仔, 暗頭仔, 暝時 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 下暗 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 暗時, 下昏暗時 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 暗時, 下昏時 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 暝時, 下昏, 此暝昏, 暗頭仔 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 暗暝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 暗暝, 暗頭, 暗頭仔, 暝時, 下昏 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 暗暝, 暗時, 暗頭, 暝時 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 暗頭, 暗暝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 暗昏時, 下昏 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 暗時, 暗昏時, 暝時 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 暝昏頭 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 夜裡, 暗昏時 |
| Southern Min | Guiping (Xiaowen) | 月昏, 月昏時, 遘昏 |
| Southern Min | Guiping (Dongsheng) | 下昏 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 暝旰, 暝暗, 一暝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 暝旰, 暝暗, 暝暗頭, 暝昏囝, 暝昏時, 一暝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 暝暗, 暝暗頭, 一暝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 暝旰, 暝暗頭, 暝昏時, 暝昏頭 |
| Southern Min | Lufeng | 暝時 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 暝昏, 暝時, 暝昏時 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 暝昏 |
| Southern Min | Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) | 暝昏 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 暝昏囝, 暝時 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 暝旰 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 暝旰 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 暝昏, 暝頭, 暝旰 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 暝頭, 暗上 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 暝頭, 暝昏, 暝暗 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 暝頭, 暝昏頭 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 暝頭 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 暝頭, 暝時頭, 暝頭時, 暝昏, 暗暝時 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 暝時, 暝昏頭, 暝頭時 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 暝時頭, 暝頭時, 暗暝時 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 暝頭, 暝時頭, 暝頭時, 暗暝時 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 暝頭, 暝時, 暝昏, 暝時頭, 暝時頭時 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 暝頭, 暝時頭, 暝時頭時 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 暝頭, 暝頭時 |
| Puxian Min | Fuding (Aoyao) | 暝昏頭 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 暝昏 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 暝昏 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 暝昏 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 麻昏, 暝昏, 暝頭 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 暝昏 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 夜裡 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Shajing) | 夜裡頭 |
| Southern Pinghua | Hengzhou (Baihe) | 夜 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 夜下 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Wutong, Lingui) | 夜來, 夜晚 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Liutang, Lingui) | 夜晡時頭 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Sanjie) | 夜時 |
| Northern Pinghua | Lingchuan (Shuangzhou) | 夜時 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 暗晡頭 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 暗晡頭 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 暗晡 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 暗晡頭 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 暗晡時 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 暗 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 暗晡 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 暗晡 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 暗晡 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 暗晡夜 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 暗晡 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 暗晡時 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 黑頭, 夜裡 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 夜了, 黑了 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 夜頭, 夜裡頭, 夜裡向, 夜裡, 夜到頭, 夜到, 黃昏戌時 dated |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 夜頭, 夜裡向 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 夜裡, 夜頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 夜裡向, 夜頭, 夜來 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 夜裡, 夜裡向, 夜頭 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 夜頭 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 夜勒 |
| Wu | Danyang | 夜頭, 夜裡 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 夜到, 夜到頭, 夜裡向, 夜裡, 夜裡頭 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 夜到, 夜裡向, 夜裡 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 夜到, 夜到頭, 夜頭, 夜到晚頭, 夜到末頭 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 黃昏, 夜裡 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 夜裡, 夜頭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 夜間子, 夜裡 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 夜界, 夜裡 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 夜裡, 夜唧 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 夜巴 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 夜黑 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 黑裡咯 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 夜下 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) | 夜晡 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Zhoutian) | 夜晚 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Shitang) | 暗晡 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou) | 夜下 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Changlai) | 暗晡 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Beixiang) | 晏晡 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Huangpu) | 夜晡頭 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) | 夜晡前 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Sanxi) | 半夜裡 |
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 夜, 夕 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 夜 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 晚 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 晚 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 晚 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 晚 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 暝, 暗 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 暝, 暗 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 暗暝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 暝, 暗 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 暝 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 暝 GT, 暗 GT |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 暝 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 暗 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 暝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 暝 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 暝 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) |

#### Compounds

* 一夜無夢 / 一夜无梦
* 一夜無眠/ / 一夜无眠/
* 丁夜 (dīngyè)
* 下夜
* 上夜 (shàngyè)
* 不分晝夜 / 不分昼夜
* 不夜 (bùyè)
* 不夜國 / 不夜国
* 不夜城 (bùyèchéng)
* 不夜族
* 不捨晝夜 / 不舍昼夜
* 不舍晝夜 / 不舍昼夜
* 丙夜 (bǐngyè)
* 中夜
* 乘夜 (chéngyè)
* 亭午夜分
* 今夜 (jīnyè)
* 以夜繼日 / 以夜继日
* 以日繼夜 / 以日继夜
* 伴大夜
* 值夜
* 俾晝作夜 / 俾昼作夜
* 元夜
* 入夜 (rùyè)
* 冷齋夜話 / 冷斋夜话
* 初夜 (chūyè)
* 初夜權 / 初夜权 (chūyèquán)
* 前夜 (qiányè)
* 午夜 (wǔyè)
* 午夜牛郎
* 半夜 (bànyè)
* 卜夜卜晝 / 卜夜卜昼
* 卜晝卜夜 / 卜昼卜夜
* 即夜 (jíyè)
* 吃夜草
* 同窗夜語 / 同窗夜语
* 坐夜 (zuòyè)
* 城開不夜 / 城开不夜
* 夙夜 (sùyè)
* 夙夜不懈
* 夙夜匪懈 (sùyèfěixiè)
* 夙夜在公 (sùyèzàigōng)
* 夙夜為謀 / 夙夜为谋
* 夙興夜寐 / 夙兴夜寐 (sùxīngyèmèi)
* 夜不收
* 夜不閉戶 / 夜不闭户 (yèbùbìhù)
* 夜以接日
* 夜以繼日 / 夜以继日 (yèyǐjìrì)
* 夜以繼晝 / 夜以继昼
* 夜作
* 夜住曉行 / 夜住晓行
* 夜來 / 夜来 (yèlái)
* 夜來香 / 夜来香 (yèláixiāng)
* 夜光
* 夜光杯 (yèguāngbēi)
* 夜光漆
* 夜光璧
* 夜光藻 (yèguāngzǎo)
* 夜光蟲 / 夜光虫
* 夜光錶 / 夜光表
* 夜光雲 / 夜光云
* 夜兒個 / 夜儿个 (yèrge)
* 夜冷
* 夜分 (yèfēn)
* 夜勤 (yèqín)
* 夜半 (yèbàn)
* 夜半三更 (yèbànsāngēng)
* 夜叉 (yèchā)
* 夜合
* 夜合花
* 夜合錢 / 夜合钱
* 夜嚴 / 夜严
* 夜場 / 夜场 (yèchǎng)
* 夜士
* 夜壺 / 夜壶 (yèhú)
* 夜夜 (yèyè)
* 夜夫
* 夜學 / 夜学 (yèxué)
* 夜室
* 夜客
* 夜宴 (yèyàn)
* 夜宵 (yèxiāo)
* 夜宿曉行 / 夜宿晓行
* 夜尿症 (yèniàozhèng)
* 夜工 (yègōng)
* 夜市 (yèshì)
* 夜市場 / 夜市场
* 夜幕 (yèmù)
* 夜幕低垂
* 夜度娘
* 夜度資 / 夜度资
* 夜役軍牢 / 夜役军牢
* 夜思
* 夜戰 / 夜战 (yèzhàn)
* 夜明 (yèmíng)
* 夜明珠 (yèmíngzhū)
* 夜春
* 夜晚 (yèwǎn)
* 夜晚黑
* 夜景 (yèjǐng)
* 夜暗
* 夜曲 (yèqǔ)
* 夜會 / 夜会
* 夜月花朝
* 夜未央
* 夜校 (yèxiào)
* 夜氣 / 夜气
* 夜活
* 夜消 (yèxiāo)
* 夜深 (yè shēn)
* 夜深人靜 / 夜深人静 (yèshēnrénjìng)
* 夜漏
* 夜漏將傳 / 夜漏将传
* 夜炤 / 夜照
* 夜燕
* 夜猴
* 夜班 (yèbān)
* 夜珠吠陀
* 夜盆兒 / 夜盆儿
* 夜直
* 夜盲症 (yèmángzhèng)
* 夜眼
* 夜視儀器 / 夜视仪器
* 夜視設備 / 夜视设备
* 夜禁
* 夜禽類 / 夜禽类
* 夜空 (yèkōng)
* 夜簫 / 夜箫
* 夜粥
* 夜糴 / 夜籴
* 夜緊 / 夜紧
* 夜總會 / 夜总会 (yèzǒnghuì)
* 夜者
* 夜臺 / 夜台
* 夜航
* 夜色 (yèsè)
* 夜蛾 (yè'é)
* 夜行 (yèxíng)
* 夜裡 / 夜里
* 夜襲 / 夜袭 (yèxí)
* 夜課 / 夜课
* 夜譚隨錄 / 夜谭随录
* 夜貓子 / 夜猫子 (yèmāozi)
* 夜車 / 夜车 (yèchē)
* 夜遊 / 夜游 (yèyóu)
* 夜遊子 / 夜游子 (yèyóuzi)
* 夜遊神 / 夜游神 (yèyóushén)
* 夜郎 (Yèláng)
* 夜郎自大 (yèlángzìdà)
* 夜長夢多 / 夜长梦多 (yèchángmèngduō)
* 夜間 / 夜间 (yèjiān)
* 夜間部 / 夜间部
* 夜闌 / 夜阑 (yèlán)
* 夜集
* 夜雨對床 / 夜雨对床
* 夜靜更深 / 夜静更深
* 夜靜更長 / 夜静更长
* 夜靜更闌 / 夜静更阑
* 夜食
* 夜飯 / 夜饭 (yèfàn)
* 夜餐
* 夜香
* 夜驚症 / 夜惊症
* 夜鶯 / 夜莺 (yèyīng)
* 夜鷺 / 夜鹭 (yèlù)
* 夜鷹 / 夜鹰 (yèyīng)
* 夜麻麻
* 夤夜
* 大夜 (dàyè)
* 大年夜 (dàniányè)
* 大節夜 / 大节夜
* 天方夜譚 / 天方夜谭 (tiānfāngyètán)
* 子夜 (zǐyè)
* 子夜歌
* 守夜 (shǒuyè)
* 客夜
* 宵夜 (xiāoyè)
* 對床夜語 / 对床夜语
* 小夜曲 (xiǎoyèqū)
* 小年夜 (xiǎoniányè)
* 平安夜 (píng'ānyè)
* 年夜 (niányè)
* 年夜飯 / 年夜饭 (niányèfàn)
* 徹夜 / 彻夜 (chèyè)
* 打夜作
* 打夜狐
* 打夜胡
* 拜夜節 / 拜夜节
* 挑燈夜戰 / 挑灯夜战 (tiǎodēngyèzhàn)
* 捱夜
* 捱更抵夜
* 擔隔夜憂 / 担隔夜忧
* 放夜
* 整夜 (zhěngyè)
* 斜紋夜蛾 / 斜纹夜蛾
* 旅夜書懷 / 旅夜书怀
* 日以繼夜 / 日以继夜 (rìyǐjìyè)
* 日夜 (rìyè)
* 日日夜夜 (rìrìyèyè)
* 明夜
* 明鋪夜蓋 / 明铺夜盖
* 星夜 (xīngyè)
* 昨夜 (zuóyè)
* 星行夜歸 / 星行夜归
* 時夜 / 时夜 (shíyè)
* 晝伏夜出 / 昼伏夜出 (zhòufúyèchū)
* 晝伏夜游 / 昼伏夜游
* 晝夜 / 昼夜 (zhòuyè)
* 晝夜停勻 / 昼夜停匀
* 晝夜兼行 / 昼夜兼行
* 晝日晝夜 / 昼日昼夜
* 晝短夜長 / 昼短夜长
* 晨興夜寐 / 晨兴夜寐
* 曉行夜宿 / 晓行夜宿
* 更夜
* 更深夜靜 / 更深夜静
* 月夜 (yuèyè)
* 月夜花朝
* 朝歌夜絃 / 朝歌夜弦
* 朝餐夜宿
* 林冲夜奔
* 查夜 (cháyè)
* 楓橋夜泊 / 枫桥夜泊 (fēngqiáoyèbó)
* 歲夜 / 岁夜
* 每夜 (měiyè)
* 永夜
* 沒晝夜 / 没昼夜
* 消夜 (xiāoyè)
* 清夜
* 深夜 (shēnyè)
* 漏夜 (lòuyè)
* 灞陵呵夜
* 灞陵夜獵 / 灞陵夜猎
* 炫晝縞夜 / 炫昼缟夜
* 炳燭夜遊 / 炳烛夜游
* 無日無夜 / 无日无夜
* 無明無夜 / 无明无夜
* 照夜璣 / 照夜玑 (zhàoyèjī)
* 煙夜蛾 / 烟夜蛾
* 熬夜 (áoyè)
* 犬不夜吠
* 犯夜
* 甲夜 (jiǎyè)
* 當夜 / 当夜 (dāngyè)
* 白夜 (báiyè)
* 盡日窮夜 / 尽日穷夜
* 禁夜
* 秉燭夜遊 / 秉烛夜游
* 終夜 / 终夜 (zhōngyè)
* 耶誕夜 / 耶诞夜 (Yēdànyè)
* 聖誕夜 / 圣诞夜 (Shèngdànyè)
* 良夜 (liángyè)
* 花朝月夜
* 行夜
* 衣錦夜游 / 衣锦夜游
* 觀光夜市 / 观光夜市
* 起夜 (qǐyè)
* 巡夜 (xúnyè)
* 連夜 / 连夜 (liányè)
* 通夜 (tōngyè)
* 連暮夜 / 连暮夜
* 連更徹夜 / 连更彻夜
* 過夜 / 过夜 (guòyè)
* 遙夜 / 遥夜
* 長夜 / 长夜 (chángyè)
* 長夜飲 / 长夜饮
* 門不夜扃 / 门不夜扃
* 門不夜關 / 门不夜关
* 開夜車 / 开夜车 (kāiyèchē)
* 閘夜 / 闸夜
* 除夜 (chúyè)
* 隔夜 (géyè)
* 隔夜色
* 雪夜訪普 / 雪夜访普
* 霸陵呵夜
* 竟夜 (jìngyè)
* 食夜粥
* 黑夜 (hēiyè)

#### References

* “夜”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00843

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): mî / mê / mêe
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mê$^5$
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mî
*** Tâi-lô: mî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: mii
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Kinmen): /mĩ²⁴/
*** IPA (Singapore): /mi²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mê
*** Tâi-lô: mê
*** Phofsit Daibuun: mee
*** IPA (Singapore): /me²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /mẽ²³/
*** IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /mẽ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mêe
*** Tâi-lô: mêe
*** IPA (Penang): /mɛ²³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɛ̃¹³/
*** IPA (Singapore): /mɛ²⁴/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: mê$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mê
*** Sinological IPA : /me⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

夜
* (Southern Min) Alternative form of 暝

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: や (ya, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: や (ya, Jōyō)
* Kun: よ (yo, 夜, Jōyō)、よる (yoru, 夜, Jōyō)
* Nanori: やす (yasu)

#### Compounds

* 夜(や)夜(や) (yaya)
* 夜(や)陰(いん) (yain)
* 夜(や)間(かん) (yakan)
* 夜(や)行(ぎょう) (yagyō)
* 夜(や)勤(きん) (yakin)
* 夜(や)景(けい) (yakei)
* 夜(や)行(こう) (yakō)
* 夜(や)座(ざ), 夜(や)坐(ざ) (yaza)
* 夜(や)食(しょく) (yashoku)
* 夜(や)中(ちゅう) (yachū)
* 夜(や)半(はん) (yahan)
* 闇(あん)夜(や) (an'ya)
* 一(いち)夜(や) (ichiya)
* 雨(う)夜(や) (uya)
* 月(げつ)夜(や) (getsuya)
* 五(ご)夜(や) (goya)
* 今(こん)夜(や) (kon'ya)
* 昨(さく)夜(や) (sakuya)
* 終(しゅう)夜(や) (shūya)
* 初(しょ)夜(や) (shoya)
* 除(じょ)夜(や) (joya)
* 深(しん)夜(や) (shin'ya)
* 初(そ)夜(や) (soya)
* 昼(ちゅう)夜(や) (chūya)
* 通(つ)夜(や) (tsuya)
* 徹(てつ)夜(や) (tetsuya)
* 日(にち)夜(や) (nichiya)
* 暮(ぼ)夜(や) (boya)
* 連(れん)夜(や) (ren'ya)
* 十六夜(いざよい) (izayoi)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 夜
* よる Grade: 2
* kun'yomi
⟨yo$_1$ru⟩ → */jʷoru/ → /joru/
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *yoru.
Derived from yo below, suffixed with an element ru of unclear meaning. Compare 日 (hi, “day”) → 昼 (hiru, “daytime”), which seems to use this same ru element.
Found in the Man'yōshū, completed some time after 759 C.E., with the phonetic spelling 用流.
Now the most common term for night in modern Japanese.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) よる [yóꜜrù] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [jo̞ɾɯ̟]

#### Noun

夜(よる) • (yoru)
* the night, evening
    Synonym: 夜間 (yakan)
    Antonym: 昼 (hiru)
    東(とう)京(きょう)の夜(よる)
       Tōkyō no yoru
       Tokyo nights
    夜(よる)の街(まち)を歩(ある)く
       yoru no machi o aruku
       to walk the streets at night
       (literally, “to walk the night streets”)
    不(ふ)安(あん)な夜(よる)を過(す)ごす
       fuan na yoru o sugosu
       to endure a night of anxiety
       (literally, “to pass an uneasy night”)
    夜(よる)の星(ほし)空(ぞら)を見(み)上(あ)げる
       yoru no hoshizora o miageru
       to look up at the night's starry sky

##### Derived terms

* 夜(よる)夜(よる), 夜(よる)々(よる) (yoruyoru)
* 御(お)夜(よる) (oyoru)
* 夜(よる)鶯(うぐいす) (yoru uguisu)
* 夜(ヨル)顔(ガオ) (yorugao)
* 夜(よる)席(せき) (yoruseki)
* 夜(よる)の御(お)殿(とど) (yoru no otodo)
* 夜(よる)の御(お)座(まし) (yoru no omashi)
* 夜(よる)の衣(ころも) (yoru no koromo)
* 夜(よる)の底(そこ) (yoru no soko)
* 夜(よる)の殿(との) (yoru no tono)
* 夜(よる)の帳(とばり)が下(お)りる (yoru no tobari ga oriru)
* 夜(よる)の錦(にしき) (yoru no nishiki)
* 夜(よる)昼(ひる) (yoruhiru)
* 夜(よる)夜(よ)中(なか) (yoru yonaka)
* 夜(よる)を昼(ひる)になす (yoru o hiru ni nasu)
* 小(こ)夜(よる) (koyoru)

#### Proper noun

夜(よる) • (Yoru)
* a female given name

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 夜
* よ Grade: 2
* kun'yomi
⟨yo$_1$⟩ → /jʷo/ → /jo/
From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *yo.
First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE with the phonetic spelling 用.
In modern development, this term has taken on a more literary sense.

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) よ [yóꜜ] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [jo̞]

#### Noun

夜(よ) • (yo)
* (literary) night, evening
    『真(ま)夏(なつ)の夜(よ)の夢(ゆめ)』 ― “Manatsu no Yo no Yume” ― A Midsummer Night’s Dream

##### Derived terms

* 夜(よ)夜(よ), 夜(よ)々(よ) (yoyo)
* 夜(よ)上(あ)がり (yoagari)
* 夜(よ)明(あ)け (yoake)
* 夜(よ)風(かぜ) (yokaze)
* 夜(よ)着(ぎ) (yogi)
* 夜(よ)籠(ご)もる (yogomoru)
* 夜(よ)さり (yosari), 夜(よう)さり (yōsari)
* 終(よ)夜(すがら) (yosugara)
* 夜(よ)釣(づり), 夜釣(よづ)り (yozuri)
* 夜(よ)伽(とぎ) (yotogi)
* 夜(よ)な夜(よ)な (yonayona)
* 夜(よ)中(なか) (yonaka)
* 夜(よ)長(なが) (yonaga)
* 夜(よ)の目(め) (yo no me)
* 夜(よ)一(ひと)夜(よ) (yo hitoyo)
* 夜(よ)更(ふ)け, 夜(よ)深(ふ)け (yofuke)
* 昨夜(よべ) (yobe), 昨夜(ようべ) (yōbe)
* 夜(よ)間(ま) (yoma)
* 終夜(よもすがら) (yomosugara)
* 夜(よ)も日(ひ)も明(あ)けない (yo mo hi mo akenai)
* 夜(よ)を明(あ)かす (yo o akasu)
* 夜(よ)を掛(か)く (yo o kaku)
* 夜(よ)を籠(こ)む (yo o komu)
* 夜(よ)半(わ) (yowa)
* 夜(よ)を徹(てっ)する (yo o tessuru)
* 夜(よ)を日(ひ)に継(つ)ぐ (yo o hi ni tsugu)
* 小(さ)夜(よ) (sayo)
* 千(ち)夜(よ) (chiyo)
* 月(つき)夜(よ) (tsukiyo), 月(つく)夜(よ) (tsukuyo)
* 一(ひと)夜(よ) (hitoyo)
* 闇(やみ)夜(よ) (yamiyo)

### See also

* 夕(ゆう) (yū), 夕(ゆう)べ (yūbe)

### References

* 1 2 3 4 “夜”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* 1 2 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 夜 (MC yaeH).
Historical Readings :
| Dongguk Jeongun Reading |||
| Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 | 양〮 (Yale: yá) | 양〮 (Yale: yá) |
| Middle Korean |||
| Text | Eumhun | Eumhun |
| Text | Gloss (hun) | Reading |
| Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 | 밤〮 (Yale: pám) | 야〯 (Yale: yǎ) |

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [ja̠(ː)]
* Phonetic hangul: [야(ː)]
** Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

### Hanja

Wikisource 夜 (eumhun 밤 야 (bam ya))
* hanja form of 야 (“night”)

#### Compounds

* 심야 (深夜, simya, “midnight”)
* 야간 (夜間, yagan, “night, nighttime”)
* 야경 (夜景, yagyeong, “night view”)
* 야광 (夜光, yagwang, “noctilucence”)
* 야근 (夜勤, yageun, “night overtime”)
* 야기 (夜氣, yagi, “night air, nocturnal atmosphere”)
* 야래 (夜來, yarae, “during the night, since night(-fall”)
* 야반 (夜半, yaban, “midnight, late at night, the middle of the night”)
* 야색 (夜色, yasaek, “night view, evening scene”)
* 야시 (夜市, yasi, “night market”)
* 야식 (夜食, yasik, “late snack”)
* 야야 (夜夜, yaya, “night after night, nightly”)
* 야업 (夜業, ya'eop, “night work, night shift”)
* 야우 (夜雨, yau, “rainfall at night”)
* 야학 (夜學, yahak, “night class”)
* 야행 (夜行, yahaeng, “nocturnal travel, night trip,afterdark journey”)
* 야회 (夜會, yahoe, “evening party, soirée”)
* 백야 (白夜, baegya, “midnight sun”)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Okinawan
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): や (ya, Jōyō)
* Kun: ゆー (yū, 夜)、ゆる (yuru, 夜)

#### Compounds

* 夜(や)久(く)貝(げー) (yakugē)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 夜
* ゆる Grade: 2
* kun'yomi
From Proto-Ryukyuan *yoru, from Proto-Japonic *yoru.
Cognate with mainland Japanese 夜 (yoru, “night”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Shuri-Naha) ゆる [yúrù] (Heiban - [0])
* IPA: [juɾu]

#### Noun

夜(ゆる) (yuru)
* the night

##### Derived terms

* 夜(ゆる)昼(ふぃる) (yurufiru)
* 夜(ゆる)夜中(ゆなか) (yuru yunaka)

#### Counter

夜(ゆる) (-yuru)
* nights
    一(ちゅ)夜(ゆる) ― chuyuru ― one night
    二(た)夜(ゆる) ― tayuru ― two nights

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 夜
* ゆー Grade: 2
* kun'yomi
From Proto-Ryukyuan *yo, from Proto-Japonic *yo.
Cognate with mainland Japanese 夜 (yo).

#### Pronunciation

* (Shuri-Naha) ゆう [yúù] (Heiban - [0])
* IPA: [juː]

#### Noun

夜(ゆー) (yū)
* the night

##### Derived terms

* 夜中(ゆずー) (yuzū)
* 夜詰(ゆぢ)め (yujime)
* 夜(ゆー)伽(つじ) (yūtsuji)
* 夜中(ゆなか) (yunaka)
* 夜業(ゆーなーび) (yūnābi)
* 夜(ゆー)回(まー)い (yūmāi)
* 夜(ゆー)道(みち) (yūmichi)

### See also

* 夕(ゆー) (yū)

### References

* “ユル” in Haisai Okinawan Dialect.
* “ユル（ゆる）” in Okinawan Dialect Dictionary - Ajima.
* “ゆる” in Okinawan Dictionary - KozaWeb.
* Kokuritsu Kokugo Kenkyūjo (国立国語研究所) (1963) 沖縄語辞典 (Okinawa-go Jiten) [Dictionary of the Okinawan Language] (in Japanese), Tokyo (東京): Okurashō Insatsu Kyoku (財務省印刷局)

## Okinoerabu
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 夜
* いぃーる Grade: 2
From Proto-Ryukyuan *yoru, from Proto-Japonic *yoru.
Cognate with mainland Japanese 夜 (yoru).

### Noun

夜(いぃーる) (yīru)
* the night

## Old Japanese
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Japonic *yoru.
Derived from yo$_1$ below, suffixed with an element ru of unclear meaning. Compare 日 (pi$_1$, “day”) → 晝 (pi$_1$ru, “daytime”), which seems to use this same ru element.
Used as a standalone noun but not in compounds.

#### Noun

夜 (yo$_1$ru) (kana よる)
* the night, evening
    Antonym: 晝 (pi$_1$ru)
** c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 5, poem 807:, text here
    宇豆都仁波安布余志勿奈子奴婆多麻能用流能伊昧仁越都伎提美延許曾ututu ni pa apu yo$_2$si mo nasi nubatama no$_2$ yo$_1$ru no$_2$ ime$_2$ ni wo tugi$_1$te miye ko$_2$so$_2$There is no way to see you in reality. Please continue to appear in dreams of the night!

##### Derived terms

* 夜晝 (yo$_1$rupi$_1$ru)

##### Descendants

* Japanese: 夜 (yoru)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Japonic *yo, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).
Used as both a standalone noun and in compounds.

#### Noun

夜 (yo$_1$) (kana よ)
* the night, evening
** 711–712, Kojiki, poem 3:...阿遠夜麻邇比賀迦久良婆奴婆多麻能用波伊傅那牟......awoyama ni pi$_1$ ga kakuraba nubatama no$_2$ yo$_1$ pa idenamu...As soon as the sun hides behind the verdant mountains, then jet-black night will come.

##### Derived terms

* 夜烏 (yo$_1$garasu)
* 夜聲 (yo$_1$go$_2$we)
* 夜戸出 (yo$_1$to$_1$de)
* 夜鳴き, 夜泣き, 夜啼き (yo$_1$naki$_1$)
* 夜の悉 (yo$_1$ no$_2$ ko$_2$to$_2$go$_2$to$_2$)
* 夜更く (yo$_1$puku)
* 夜道, 夜路 (yo$_1$mi$_1$ti)
* 夜ら (yo$_1$ra)
* 雨夜 (amayo$_1$)
* 新た夜 (aratayo$_1$)
* この夜 (ko$_2$no$_2$ yo$_1$)
* 足り夜 (tariyo$_1$)
* 千夜 (tiyo$_1$)
* 二夜 (putayo$_1$)
* 百夜 (momoyo$_1$)
* 闇夜 (yami$_{(?)}$yo$_1$)
* 闇の夜 (yami$_{(?)}$ no$_2$ yo$_1$)

##### Descendants

* Japanese: 夜 (yo)

### Etymology 3

Attested in the Hizen-no-kuni Fudoki (c. 739 CE) and in the Man'yōshū (759 CE) as the Eastern Old Japanese variation of yo above.

#### Noun

夜 (yu) (kana ゆ)
* (regional, Eastern Old Japanese) the night, evening
** c. 732-739, Hizen-no-kuni Fudoki (poem 1)
    志努波羅能意登比賣能古袁佐比登由母爲禰弖牟志太夜伊幣爾久太佐牟sino$_1$para no$_2$ oto$_2$pi$_1$me$_1$ no$_2$ ko$_1$ wo sa-pi$_1$to$_2$yu mo inetemu sida ya ipe$_1$ ni kudasamuOnce I've taken her, slept with her a single night―that little lady, the girl from the bamboo brakes―I'll send her down to her home.
       [Note: Some later manuscripts erroneously replace the man'yōgana 袁 (wo) with 素 (⟨so$_1$⟩ → so).]

### See also

* 夕 (yupu)

### References

* 1 2 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ Haruo Shirane (2005) Classical Japanese: A Grammar, illustrated edition, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 320
* ↑ Donald L. Philippi (2015) Kojiki (Volume 2255 of Princeton Legacy Library), Princeton University Press, →ISBN, pages 106-7
* ↑ Helen Craig McCullough (1997) “Combinations of Poetry and Prose in Classical Japanese Narrative”, in Joseph Harris, Ph.D., Joseph Harris, Karl Reichl, editors, Prosimetrum: Crosscultural Perspectives on Narrative in Prose and Verse, illustrated edition, Boydell & Brewer, →ISBN, page 416

## Vietnamese
### Han character

夜: Hán Nôm readings: dạ, dà
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## Yonaguni
### Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 夜
* どぅる Grade: 2
From Proto-Ryukyuan *yoru, from Proto-Japonic *yoru.
Cognate with mainland Japanese 夜 (yoru).

### Noun

夜(どぅる) (duru)
* the night